Anupria Goenka (born 29 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in

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and

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films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's ''

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''. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film ''

Potugadu ''Potugadu'' (English: ''Hero'') is a 2013 Indian Telugu language film directed by Pavan Wadeyar. It is a remake of the 2012 Kannada film '' Govindaya Namaha'', also directed by Wadeyar with starring Komal. It was produced by Sirisha and Sridh ...

'', having previously starred in the 2013 short film ''Worth the Kiss''. She made her Bollywood debut with ''

Bobby Jasoos ''Bobby Jasoos'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Samar Shaikh and produced by Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha. The film stars Vidya Balan and features Ali Fazal, Arjan Bajwa, Supriya Pathak, Rajendra Gupta and Tanvi ...

''. She subsequently starred in the comedy-drama ''

'' (2014), the drama ''

Paathshala ''Paathshaala'' () is a 2010 Indian drama film that stars Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia, Shraddha Arya, Ali Haji, Sushant Singh and Nana Patekar and is directed by Milind Ukey. The story revolves around children on a school campus. It comments ...

'' (2014), the action comedy ''

Dishoom ''Dishoom'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language buddy cop action comedy film directed by Rohit Dhawan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It stars John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Akshaye Khanna and Saqib Saleem and feature ...

'' (2016) and the crime-drama ''

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'' (2017). Goenka went on to star in the action-thrillers ''

Tiger Zinda Hai ''Tiger Zinda Hai'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language espionage action thriller film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar from a story by Zafar and Neelesh Misra. The sequel to ''Ek Tha Tiger'' (2012), it is the second instalment in the ''T ...

'' (2017) and ''

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'' (2019), and the epic

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Padmaavat ''Padmaavat'' is a 2018 Indian period romantic action drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Based on the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, it stars Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, a Rajput queen known for ...

'' (2018). She made her web debut with '' Stories by Rabindranath Tagore'' and went onto appear in successful series like '' Sacred Games'', '' Abhay'', ''

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'', '' Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side'', '' Aashram'' and '' Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors''.

Early life

Anupriya Goenka was born in a Marwadi Family on 29 May 1987 in

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to Ravindra Kumar Goenka, a garment entrepreneur and Pushpa Goenka, a homemaker. Goenka provided financial support to her family before she completed school. She said, "I was the enterprising one and started helping my father in the garment export business. Acting was always a hobby till I realized I couldn't do justice to both theatre and my corporate career," she said.

Career

Goenka moved to

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in 2009. Goenka was intrigued with theater and tried to juggle between a career in acting and the corporate sector. She started doing commercials and first became known in 2013 as the face of UPA government's ''

'' ad campaign and for playing a lesbian character in India's first ever lesbian ad for the brand

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in 2015. Goenka has appeared in various television commercials for brands including Coke,

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, Stayfree,

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, Pepperfry, and

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. She also worked as an Anchor / Show Host in a Home Shopping Channel called ShopCJ for more than one year. She portrayed the role of nurse Poorna in the 2017 action-thriller ''

''. She garnered critical acclaim for the portrayal of the role of Queen

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in the 2018 epic film ''

'' opposite

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. She is best known for her role of Agent Aditi in the action film ''

''.

Media

Goenka was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Women at No. 8 in 2020.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goenka, Anupriya Indian television actresses Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Lucknow Living people People from Kanpur 1979 births